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From: dlbres10@pc.usl.edu (Fraering Philip)
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Subject: Re: space news from Nov 5 AW&ST
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In-reply-to: szabo@crg5.UUCP's message of 13 Dec 90 04:26:31 GMT

In article <20714@crg5.UUCP> szabo@crg5.UUCP (Nick Szabo) writes:

>OSC and Hercules are the only U.S. aerospace companies since the
>Shuttle to development a totally new, successful orbital launcher.  
>They did it for 1/50th (2%) of what it cost to develop the first Shuttle.
>Unlike the major Shuttle contractors, they have carried a loss on the
>project (in other words risked their own money) eying future commercial
>markets.  These are encouraging facts not gripes.   Sorry I sounded like 
>such a sourpuss over such a happy event.  :-)

Didn't they start out with a guaranteed sale from DAPRA before the
thing was actually built? And they also had use of the B-52 from
DAPRA, didn't they?

Phil